Operations
Sysops Guide
Install, boot, initialize, configure, run, back up, and maintain a board.
SysOp field notes
Documentation
A BBS this expandable should not depend on folklore. The docs cover installation, operations, modem setup, troubleshooting, runtime architecture, file formats, programmer interfaces, packaging, tools, tests, and Linux setup.
Built to be modified
Your Board Should Not Look Like Everyone Else's.
Mutineer is not a locked appliance. The online system is composed of standalone Atari BASIC modules, disk-based configuration files, replaceable text assets, indexed data files, separate door packages, and a documented resident communications interface.
Full guides
Sysop Path
Read these when operating a board, configuring Altirra, customizing a live ATR, or recovering from board/runtime problems.
Emulator
Altirra 850 Modem Reference
Emulator profile, modem listener, connection rate, and common launch variables.
Storage
Data And File Formats
Live board files, message bases, file areas, users, doors, text assets, and app registry.
Support
Troubleshooting
Current symptoms, likely causes, and checks for emulator, modem, BASIC, MMS, and packaging problems.
Developer path
Build, Runtime, And Test References
Read these when modifying the BBS, MMS, packaging flow, doors, or host-side tests.
Runtime
Runtime Architecture
Boot flow, module switching, MMS session state, carrier handling, and app registry data flow.
BASIC core
Core Programmers Guide
BASIC module contracts, subsystem responsibilities, handoff state, user model, and door dispatch.
Resident layer
MMS Programmers Guide
MMS ABI, public blocks, service dispatcher, HATABS behavior, and baud control.
Door packages
Doors Programmers Guide
Door package layout, catalog rows, runtime contract, MMS session rules, and install behavior.
Packaging
Build And Packaging Reference
Make targets, generated ATR layout, Franny, versioning, and staging rules.
Host tools
Tools Reference
Host-side scripts, arguments, environment variables, inputs, and outputs.
Verification
Testing And Evidence
Static checks, probe ATRs, telnet/XMODEM tests, acceptance targets, and result files.
Host setup
Linux Developers Guide
Linux, Wine, Altirra, and host dependency setup for local development and testing.
Source markdown
Mirrored Documents
The complete upstream markdown documents are mirrored in the site repository alongside the generated HTML.
Mutineer Docs
Documentation README, Sysops Guide, Altirra 850 Modem Reference, Data And File Formats, Troubleshooting, Runtime Architecture, Core Programmers Guide, Doors Programmers Guide, MMS Programmers Guide, Build And Packaging Reference, Tools Reference, and Testing And Evidence.
Linux Docs
Caller commands
Main Modules
Each menu returns to the core through the app manager. The caller can move between modules without the BBS losing carrier or identity.
Access Levels
ACL.CFG defines session and daily minutes per level. Level 0 is banned, level 1 is new-user access, and level 9 is sysop access. Intermediate levels are assigned by the board operator.
Door Authors
Door games can be packaged as their own ATR images and distributed separately from the main system. The guides document package structure, catalog entries, and return behavior.
Programmers
The developer guides cover BASIC module contracts, MMS discovery, entry points, session storage, carrier handling, terminal modes, and application switching.
Evidence
Build, packaging, Altirra modem profiles, telnet checks, and XMODEM acceptance testing are documented so changes do not depend on guesswork.